Jamaica Gleaner, 8 Feb 1966
Visitors Team Includes Four National Players
Stern Test For K.C. Tonight
Schoolboy Champions Take On Trinidad All-Colleges At 8.00THE Kingston College soccer team which romped to victory in the Manning Cup and Olivier Shield competitions last year face their sternest test ever tonight at the National Stadium.
They meet the Trinidad All-Colleges team with four National players at 8.00 in the opening match of a tour sponsored by the Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society and promoted by the Kingston College Old Boys Association.
Although schoolboy competitions ended several months ago all but two of the Kingston College team have been playing regular competitive soccer in Senior competitions.
And it is the members of Cavaliers the leading Division 1 club in the island — Lloyd McLean, Neville Oxford and Franklyn Morant who hold the key to the outcome of the match tonight.
McLean, a Jamaica representative in the World Cup competition is a seasoned player and invariably reserves his best performances for visiting teams. The short, stocky player is the best inside left in the island—tirelessly attacking, defending, passing and shooting.
Outside right Neville Oxford is the explosive type of player who can win a match with one electrifying run and a single devastating shot. If given even a little room to move about Oxford's runs down the wing could bring the Trinidad defence to grief.
Morant the KC centre half tackles a bit too quickly at times but if he settles down tonight the star-studded Trinidad front line will have trouble in passing.
Three other KC boys — members of Railway will also be dangerous to Trinidad. Trevor Harris the centre forward who kicks accurately with both feet. Mickey Vernon the constructive and tireless wing half and Dennis Johnson at right back, quick, intelligent and seemingly omni-present.
Wonder boyBut the Trinidad coach Americo Brunner is confident that he has the formula to solve any problem KC are likely to present. Key man in the formula is 17-year-old "wonderboy" of Trinidad soccer Everald Cummings who the experts have hailed and soccer fans dubbed "Young Pele".
Selected to play for Trinidad at 16, Everald toured Jamaica last year with the Trinidad team which was soundly whipped by Jamaica at the National Stadium but he has matured considerably since then. The clever inside right played with the National team against the Brazilians on their recent tour.
Kenney Joseph the fast, powerful centre forward whose shot is his main asset is also a representative of the National team. Joseph the bustling type can give any defence a lot of worry.
But the men whose performances might excell even Cummings is outside left Warren Archibald who performed creditably against the Brazilians for Trinidad. His football it is said at times reaches a high degree of subtlety and imagination.
Half back Earle Fough is yet another member of the Trinidad National team, his forte is energy and constructive play.
Value Of Football As A Discipline For The Mind Stressed By GGTHE value of football as a discipline for the mind was stressed by the Governor General yesterday morning.
Sir Clifford was speaking to members at the Trinidad All- Colleges football team when they visited Kings House as part of their touring schedule.
"The ability to control flaring tempers on the field of play, to accept victory as well defeat is an important part of life and can make you a man" the Governor General said.
"There are lessons to be learned in defeat" Sir Clifford said and with a smile continued "if the Trinidad team - is accustomed to winning then they might learn something in Jamaica by losing."
Sir Clifford then went on to wish success for the best team and expressed his regret at having to miss the matches "as he was pressed with preparations for the Queen's visit."
The Rev. Don Basil Maxwell, president of the Trinidad Football Association and manager of the team said he had read about Sir Clifford's involvement in sports and he said it was one of the reasons for the progress of sports in Jamaica.
'Profits Will Be Used For Improvement Of Soccer'THE profits from the matches played by the Trinidad Football team in Jamaica will be used for the improvement of football in Jamaica. This was stated yesterday afternoon at the Myrtle Bank Hotel by Mr. Owen James a director of the Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society, at a buffet luncheon put on by the organizing committee of the tour.
Mr. James in his speech said the Trinidad tour of Jamaica was likely to be an annual event as his company who are sponsors of the tour, had donated a cup. The Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society Cup to be competed for by the schoolboys of Trinidad and Jamaica annually.
Jamaica Gleaner, 13 Feb 1966
Sports Editor's Diary
By: L.D. RobertsJamaica's FootballIT IS NOT YET time for Jamaica to feel satisfied about the standard of our football. The Kingston College team and then the Under-19 squad defeated the Trinidad All-Colleges 2-1 on Tuesday and Thursday nights last week, but the visitors were not outclassed, and indeed were unlucky to lose to the Under 19s. Last night the Trinidadians avenged the first night defeat by K.C. with a well merited victory. This shows that the standard of our Schoolboy football is not as good as so many people seem to think.
In the first match, the visitors playing on the Stadium ground for the first time, were outplayed by K.C., but in the second game obviously now more at home the Trinidadians did creditably well.
It is true that the Under-19 team played without three of our top teenaged footballers, Lloyd McLean, David Sanrulnetti and Delroy Scott, who have all represented the island in the World Cup and so are not eligible for the Juvenile soccer championships set for Trinidad in March. But nevertheless we are not as far ahead of the other Caribbean countries as many have been thinking recently.
The Trinidadians played the old style WM formation while we used the more modern 4-2-4, but individually they have players as fine as we have. Everald Cummings, the hardworking inside left, not only carries the ball well but also he packs a dangerous right foot shot and Kenny Josephs their bustling inside right was always dangerous.
Although the Trinidadian forwards used the ball well and the defence tackled hard I thought that in the employment of the short pass when necessary our defence was superior, theirs tended to use the lone clearance at all times.
The Jamaicans are a better-trained team and if any superiority exists this is where it lies because individually the Trinidadians were as good as we were.
Trinidadians Edge KC 3-2The Trinidad All-Colleges Football team had their first victory in their three-match series in Jamaica last night when they edged Kingston College 3-2 in their return match at the National Stadium. This was the final match of the tour.
At half time the K.C. boys led 1-0 with an early goal from centreforward Trevor Harris. Early in the second centreforward Kenny Josephs gave the Trinidadians the equalizer.
K.C. soon went ahead again when an Oxford movement ended with Harris scoring his second.
Outside left Ellis Sadaphal soon got the equalizer from a melee. Inside right Everald Cummings scored the deciding goal one minute before the end.
A part of the Trinidad squad are scheduled to leave this afternoon, the rest will leave on Tuesday.
Bacchanal with Coach Brunner and return leg to Trinidad stories to follow...
